The winners of the 2020 Gaming Intelligence Awards have been revealed at the ICE expo in London, celebrating the diverse achievements of industry’s best operators and suppliers.
The competition was intense this year with more entries than ever before in the most hotly contested categories.
A special mention must go to [...]
SAZKA GROUP
The European company’s continued focus on innovation and digital growth means they dominate the lottery category this year. On a strong shortlist, SAZKA Group stands out.
The company’s ever-expanding portfolio of operations across Austria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece and Italy marks SAZKA out as a trailblazer. Its revolutionary approach to lottery as [...]
IWG
IWG breaks Scientific Games’ five-year winning streak in this category to become the Gaming Intelligence Lottery Supplier of the Year.
The company has doubled turnover without increasing costs, while securing a string of new clients to make it a challenger to IGT and Sci-Games as the leading internet lottery supplier.
During 2019 it won deals [...]
Gibraltar-based B2B lottery betting provider ALOT Solutions has bolstered its senior management team with two key appointments.
Marek Mahdal has been named chief operations officer (COO), while Markus Stricker has been appointed chief risk officer (CRO) of the Lottoland subsidiary.
Mahdal brings with him over 20 years of experience in the technology, e-commerce, financial [...]
Colombia’s regulated gambling market generated total stakes of COP667.8bn (€175.8m) in 2019 following continued growth in the online betting and gaming sector.
Total gambling stakes from licensed operators increased by 16 per cent compared to the previous year, with land-based casinos and bingo halls contributing 57 per cent of the total at COP382.2bn, up 11 [...]
Sports betting technology provider Playtech BGT Sports (PBS) has expanded its existing partnership with Greek gaming operator OPAP to include its new Quantum digital sportsbook platform.
OPAP will become the first operator to launch the supplier’s digital sportsbook following the integration of PBS’ retail sports betting platform across OPAP’s retail network in 2017.
“OPAP is one [...]
The Gaming Intelligence Awards 2020 shortlist has been revealed with 888, Big Time Gaming, Gamesys, Red Tiger, The Stars Group and Scientific Games each nominated for three Awards.
888 Holdings and Gamesys Group head the Operator Awards, with three nominations apiece (and 888’s Dragonfish is also nominated for a Supplier [...]
Casino operator Twin River Worldwide Holdings and gaming supplier IGT have proposed a three-way partnership with the state government in Rhode Island to maximise economic development and keep 1,100 jobs in the state.
The proposal would increase investment in Rhode Island through new construction at Twin River Casino Hotel in Lincoln, ensure that the gaming [...]
Sports data provider Sportradar is joining forces with Intralot to provide sports betting data to lotteries in the United States.
Athens-listed lottery supplier Intralot will source all of its pre-match and live data requirements from Sportradar, including official data feeds from all major US leagues, for delivery to US lotteries including Washington [...]
Florida’s House Gaming Control Subcommittee approved a bill Monday to prevent the state lottery from launching sports betting and requiring it to make an annual payment to services related to problem gambling.
The bill passed the committee by a vote of 14 to 1 and now heads to the Government Operations and Technology Appropriations [...]
New York-listed International Game Technology (IGT) has rolled out its Powerbucks progressive jackpot game with Canada’s Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG).
OLG becomes the fifth Canadian province to roll out Powerbucks alongside British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and New Brunswick, giving players at PlayOLG.ca access to a progressive jackpot prize pool [...]
European lottery and sports betting operator SAZKA Group has appointed Kenneth Morton as chief financial officer (CFO).
Morton will take up his new position next month, replacing incumbent CFO Peter Stohr who will remain with the business until the end of March to ensure a smooth transition.
Morton brings extensive experience in capital markets and M&A [...]